Society of Feline Gardeners- Thursday in the Garden with Jonesie

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Welcome back to my garden.  I'm sorry that I missed last week.  It wasn't much of a good time to post.  It bucketed down rain ALL weekend long and it was windy. 

 

This past weekend the weather was much better and all my furriends were out and about.

 

Remember my good furriend and rescue Meezer, Mr. Blue?  Well he's been living the good life next door.   When mom took this picture this was as close as she could get to him...but a couple of nights ago he came up and let her pet him! 

 

Such great progress.  I hear mom mumbling about how handsome he is.

 

It's true.  I'm good pals with him now.  I need to let him know all about 'tocktober.

 

 

My deck is a mess.  Dad gets the noisy wind machine and cleans it off all the time...but within a day it looks like this.

Since it's been wet, my dad can't mow the lawn as often as I would like.  My paws disappear in the tall grass. 

 

It's just wrong.   Good news is that a couple of days after I posed for this photo op, Dad finally mowed the lawn.  I will continue to purr for dry days so he can keep things neat and trim.

 

Society of Feline Gardeners- Thursday in the Garden with Jonesie

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Hi there furriends!  Today I'm teaching my brother Figaro important gardening lessons.  The fine art of watching lettuce grow is fairly simple.  Lettuce does well in our garden but the weeds grow up around it.  Here I am demonstrating how to use my body as a physical barrier to the weeds.  They won't dare grow up around my belly furs.

 As always, purring for your plants makes all the difference.  As you can see below, we have more flowers blooming right now.  Our cone flower is just getting started.

 More daisies for mom!  She adores them.

 The buddliea bush is going to be attracting butterflies soon!  I can hardly wait.

 Now, you all know that being a garden cat means that I get dirt and leaves in my furs.  Even though I get a bit messy, I am a ladycat and I like to look my best.

Mom Furminated me and got my coat all soft and silky.

And after she was done, I finished up with a nice paw and face wash.

I hope you are enjoying your gardens!


**breaking news**

Little did you all know that gardening is not my only job.  I now have another important job to add to my resume.  Matchmaker!  Oh yeah!  See my sister Cory has been heartbroken since her beloved Whitey went to the Rainbow Bridge earlier this year.  Just last week I heard my bestest furriend in the whole world, Alfie Marshall, was looking for a new girlfurriend.   It didn't take long for me to realize...hey this just may work!  Maybe then I'll get to see my pal Alfie more often too.  Win win win for all!

I'll give you a sneak peek at their first picnic date earlier this week....

Society of Feline Gardeners- Thursday in the Garden with Jonesie

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My furriends!  Although it's been pouring down rain here this past week, I did manage to get in one fantastic day of sunshine and dry weather in the garden last Saturday.  I had previously given up on my garden, but found that there were still plenty of things still growing and needing my attention.  I also had to remind mom that she can't just pack it in for the fall/winter.  There is still stuff to do!

Pears are falling to the ground and they need rescuing!

We still have tomatoes clinging to life.

The sedum that was just barely pink a few weeks ago is now deep pink.

The happy dahlia reminds us of a sunbeam!

These are berries in our devil's walking cane tree.  There are pigeons who come to our tree every fall to eat these berries.  They are spooky birdies since whenever mom or dad gets too close they fly away and stop eating.  That makes us feel bad so we watch from a distance so they can eat all they want.

I know...I know...mom and dad need to pick up these pears.  They are EVERYWHERE!

You didn't think I'd end this garden post in October without a shot of my pretty 'tocks, did you?   A classic pose...with garden leaf!

Enjoy your gardens my furriends!

Society of Feline Gardeners-Thursday In The Garden With Jonesie and Grete's 5th Birthday!

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Welcome back to my garden!  I've been getting questions from kitties wanting to know how they can join the Society of Feline Gardeners.   It's easy!  All you have to do is be a kitty (or a woofie or buns...or birdies...-that's why we went with our new super not so secret password of 3 paw taps) that has a garden, dreams of a garden...or just wants to join us because...well just because.

You can copy our Society of Feline Gardeners badge from my side bar and use it on your bloggie to show you are a member.   Or you can email me and I can send it to you.

Then when you do a garden post on Thursdays, leave a link so all the other members of The Society of Feline Gardeners...or just curious kitties can visit you.

Ginger and I did a bit of hanging out this past week.  We didn't work too hard.

When I lay around in the garden I get leaves and stuff stuck in my furs.  I like it that way.  I'm an outdoorsy kind of girl.  It's important to show your appreciation for your garden by wearing a bit of it.

I like to stretch and show of my collection.

Gotta wander off and check out what's growing!

Looks like the broccoli is starting to look good.

Before I forget it's our Grete's 5th birthday today!

Please leave a link so we can visit!

Society of Feline Gardeners- Thursday in the Garden with Jonesie

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Time to welcome you all to our weekly meeting of the Society of Feline Gardeners.  I admit that I have not been much of a role model this week.  There is stuff to do, but I was not effective at getting my family of helpers to help me.

Ginger was NO help at all.  She wanted to expose her belly to me. She said if I just let myself have a good time, expose my belly to the world, I'd feel a whole lot better.

She said I work too hard.  Don't take enough time off.  She said I'm dull, boring...

Then to make matters worse, Figaro jumped in and claimed the same thing!  He said I should take a week off.  Lounge on the garden bench.  Expose my belly!

But I have flowers to tend to...

Visitors to welcome (yes that's Figaro's momma hiding in our weed patch).

So my Garden Society members...do you think I should do it?  Take some time off to expose my belly and let my dad do all the work in the garden?  I hear the rain is coming in by the end of this week, so perhaps I should grab those sunbeams while I can.

Let me know if you are working in the garden this week or just enjoying it!

Thursday in the Garden with Jonesie

Meow!  Welcome back to my garden.  I had such a great time in the yard last week I could hardly contain myself.  Dad was doing a bunch of work and I was thrilled to be able to snoopervise.  He wouldn't be able to do it all without me.   I meowed and I pawed the dirt and I ran up and down trees...

I got yard stuff stuck in my floofy bum...

When dad took a break, I washed up.  A garden cat shouldn't be afraid to get a little dirty, but you have to keep your machine clean.

When dad started taking the work too seriously, I reminded him that we need to play too. 

Of course there was real work to be done too.  I helped dad transplant some blueberry and raspberry plants.   It was really hard work, so Grete decided to put her paws in the dirt to help us.  I'm really proud of her.  Dad wrote about all the things he did this past weekend here, but don't be fooled.  He couldn't have done it without me.

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My seedlings are coming along too...you can see where I put my paw in the dirt to test the soil again.  Don't worry, I remembered to wash my paws before I came back in the house. 

Don't forget to leave a link and let me know what's going on in your garden.